Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Turin, 1778, the 'Hart'

Violin: 40917

Back: One piece of maple, with added pieces in the lower flanks by the maker

Top: spruce with open grain

Scroll: similar to back with winder curls to the maple and matches the ribs

Varnish: Red brown

Length of back: 35.4 cm

Upper bouts: 16.6 cm

Middle bouts: 11.4 cm

Lower bouts: 19.15 cm

Reported stolen on May 16, 1999

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The violin was taken on Sunday night, May 16th, 1999 from Mount Olive Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

Provenance

Maestronet Stolen Instrument Information for Instrument #8
The Strad, July, 1937, London
The Strad, September, 1937, London (illustrated)
Stolen Violin
The Guadagnini Family of Violin Makers, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago